Improvement in sofa-bedsteads



UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIGE.

ANTON N. HORNUNG, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT I N SOFA-BEDSTEADS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 212,312, dated February18, 1879; application filed May 27, 1878.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON N. HoRNUNe, of Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Sofa-Bedsteads; and I do declare that the following is a true andaccurate description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, and to the letters of 7 reference marked thereon, and beingapart of this specification, in which Figure 1 represents a perspectiveview of the lounge-frame closed. Fig. 2 is asimilar view of the sameextended as a double bed. Fig. 3 is a sectional front view of thatportion of the stationary frame having the cranks pivoted thereto; andFig. 4 is a transverse section through a portion of the stationary andthe extension frame, showing one of the crankconnections.

The nature of my invention relates to that class of convertible beds orlounges in which the upper or extension bolster is pivoted to the loweror stationary bolster by two cranks or pivotal arms.

My invention therein consists in providing the stationary frame of sucha sofa-bedstead with a fixed head-section, and the movable frame with apivoted head-section, the side pieces of which form an extension'of theside rails of the movable frame, to which they are pivoted, and arelimited in their movement by tongues and stops.

In the drawings, A is the stationary frame of the sofa-bed, which iscomposed of the front and rear rails a, made to conform with the bestsuited shape for a lounge adapted to sleep upon, and connected by thefoot-end girt b, the girts 0 0 for the mattress, and the slats (l d forthe cushion port-ion of the same, and havingfeet E and back F.

Gr is the extension or folding frame, which is composed of the front andrear rails g, of a foot-end girt, h, and of cross-girts 2', and havingsecured against its front rail 9 the front facing-board, K, being ofmore elaborate finish, and having end bottom project-ions, 7r, to formthe front supports of the said frame while being extended, whichprojections may also rest upon shoulders on the front feet, E, of thestationary frame while said lounge is folded.

L is the cushion-frame, consisting of the curved sides 1, connected byslats m, which frame L is connected to frame G by hinges N,

so as to permit of a vertical adjustment thereon, and a tongue, 0,projecting off the end of said frame L, and, playing between stops P ,onend of frame G, will limit the vibration of said frame, and will supportsaid cushion-frame in a position comfortable as a head-pillow fornight-rest, while, when the lounge is folded, this cushion-frame L willoccupy a more erect position by leaning against the cushion ofstationary frame A.

Q Q are L-shaped cranks, the hubs of which are secured upon the ends ofa shaft, R, which is pivoted against the face of rail a of thestationary frame A, while through the eyes 011 their opposite extremeends a rod, S, is passed, which is secured to the bottom edges of girtsi of the extension-frame G. By means of these links Q the position ofthe extension-frame Gr of the lounge can be changed so as to cover thestationary frame, as shown in Fig. 1, or to be extended, as shown inFig. 2, when said cranks will form the supports for the rear edge of theextensionframe G, and will tie thetwo frames together in such a mannerthat they will be held and sustained in their relative positions witheach other.

The bolster on the cushion-frame L will be made thick enough to be evenwith the cushion part of frame A while the lounge is extended.

A piece of furniture like the one above described will do away with theobjections heretofore raised against this class of folding lounges,since it will give comfort in either position as a sofa or bed. It issimple in its construction, and combines strength and durability with anappearance as a sofa, which does not indicate its double uses.

WVhat I claim as my invention is-- In a sofa-bedstead wherein themovable frame is pivoted to the stationary frame so as to always presentupwardly the same side, the combination, with the stationary frame A,having fixed head-section, of the movable frame G and the headframe L,pivoted to the ends of the side rails of such movable frame, and limitedin its pivotal movement by tongues and stops, constructed and arrangedsubstantially as described and shown.

ANTON N. HORNUNG.

Witnesses:

JAooB RICHTER, EMIL H. FROMMANN.

